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Quality of family relationships and outcomes of dementia: A systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Edwards, H., Ijaz, S., Whiting, P., Leach, V., Richards, A., Cullum, S., …Savović, J. (2018). Quality of family relationships and outcomes of dementia: A systematic review. BMJ Open, 8(1), e015538. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015538

© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. Objectives To evaluate the association between the quality of... Read More about Quality of family relationships and outcomes of dementia: A systematic review.

Feasibility study suggests no impact from protected engagement time on adverse events in mental health wards for older adults (2017)
Journal Article
Smith, T., Clark, A., Dodd, E., Khoo, M. E., Henker, S., Cross, J., …Nolan, F. (2018). Feasibility study suggests no impact from protected engagement time on adverse events in mental health wards for older adults. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(2), 756-764. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12362

Hospital adverse events, such as falls, violence and aggression, security, self-harm, and suicide, are difficult to manage in older people with dementia. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether protected engagement time (PET) result... Read More about Feasibility study suggests no impact from protected engagement time on adverse events in mental health wards for older adults.

Evidence briefing: Psychological therapies with people with dementia (2017)
Report
Cheston, R., & Clare, L. (2017). Evidence briefing: Psychological therapies with people with dementia. Leicester: The British Psychological Society

The aim of this document is to provide an overview of the evidence base for psychological therapies with people with a diagnosis of dementia and their families. This briefing paper aims to summarise research and clinical evidence in this area and to... Read More about Evidence briefing: Psychological therapies with people with dementia.

Home or hospital for people with dementia and one or more other multimorbidities: What is the potential to reduce avoidable emergency admissions? the HOMEWARD Project Protocol (2017)
Journal Article
Benger, J., Voss, S., Black, S., Brandling, J., Buswell, M., Cheston, R., …Taylor, H. (2017). Home or hospital for people with dementia and one or more other multimorbidities: What is the potential to reduce avoidable emergency admissions? the HOMEWARD Project Protocol. BMJ Open, 7(4), e016651. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016651

© 2017 Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. IntroductionOlder people with multimorbidities frequently access 999 ambulance services. When multimorbidities include dementia, the risk of ambulance use, accident and emergency (A&E) attendance... Read More about Home or hospital for people with dementia and one or more other multimorbidities: What is the potential to reduce avoidable emergency admissions? the HOMEWARD Project Protocol.

The dementia experiences of people from Caribbean, Chinese and South Asian communities in Bristol (2017)
Report
Cheston, R., Baghirathan, S., Hui, R., Shears, P., Chacun, A., & Currie, K. (2017). The dementia experiences of people from Caribbean, Chinese and South Asian communities in Bristol

This report is the product of an eight-month research project funded by Bristol City Council which set out to establish the dementia experiences and needs of people of Black and other Minority Ethnic (BME) origins. The study was overseen by the Brist... Read More about The dementia experiences of people from Caribbean, Chinese and South Asian communities in Bristol.

Making sense of dementia: Exploring the use of the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia scale to understand how couples process a diagnosis of dementia (2016)
Journal Article
Snow, K., Cheston, R., & Smart, C. (2016). Making sense of dementia: Exploring the use of the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia scale to understand how couples process a diagnosis of dementia. Dementia, 15(6), 1515-1533. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301214564447

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. This qualitative study aimed to see whether the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia (MAPED) scale could be applied to couples. It aimed to explore the interactions between couples and how this... Read More about Making sense of dementia: Exploring the use of the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia scale to understand how couples process a diagnosis of dementia.

Personal message cards: An evaluation of an alternative method of delivering simulated presence therapy (2016)
Journal Article
Evans, N., Cheston, R., & Harris, N. (2016). Personal message cards: An evaluation of an alternative method of delivering simulated presence therapy. Dementia, 15(6), 1703-1715. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301215574363

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Simulated presence therapy is a technique which utilises a familiar recorded voice to calm and reassure people with dementia who are agitated or anxious. Although simulated presence therapy has shown potential benefits i... Read More about Personal message cards: An evaluation of an alternative method of delivering simulated presence therapy.

Living well with dementia groups: changes in participant and therapist verbal behaviour (2016)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., Marshall, A., Jones, A., Coleman, P., & Spreadbury, J. (2018). Living well with dementia groups: changes in participant and therapist verbal behaviour. Aging and Mental Health, 22(1), 61-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2016.1231171

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Objectives: This paper reports two related analyses of verbal material from seven Living Well with Dementia groups: the first examines changes in the verbal behaviours of participants ac... Read More about Living well with dementia groups: changes in participant and therapist verbal behaviour.

A feasibility study comparing UK older adult mental health inpatient wards which use protected engagement time with other wards which do not: Study protocol (2016)
Journal Article
Nolan, F. M., Fox, C., Cheston, R., Turner, D., Clark, A., Dodd, E., …Gray, R. (2016). A feasibility study comparing UK older adult mental health inpatient wards which use protected engagement time with other wards which do not: Study protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-016-0049-z

© 2016 Nolan et al. Background: Protected engagement time (PET) is a concept of managing staff time on mental health inpatient wards with the aim of increasing staff and patient interaction. Despite apparent widespread use of PET, there remains a dea... Read More about A feasibility study comparing UK older adult mental health inpatient wards which use protected engagement time with other wards which do not: Study protocol.

Individual and group psychotherapy with people diagnosed with dementia: a systematic review of the literature (2016)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., & Ivanecka, A. (2017). Individual and group psychotherapy with people diagnosed with dementia: a systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32(1), 3-31. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4529

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objectives: Psychotherapy provides a means of helping participants to resolve emotional threats and play an active role in their lives. Consequently, psychotherapy is increasingly used within dementia care.... Read More about Individual and group psychotherapy with people diagnosed with dementia: a systematic review of the literature.

A cross-sectional investigation of public attitudes toward dementia in Bristol and South Gloucestershire using the approaches to dementia questionnaire (2016)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., Hancock, J., & White, P. (2016). A cross-sectional investigation of public attitudes toward dementia in Bristol and South Gloucestershire using the approaches to dementia questionnaire. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(10), 1717-1724. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610216000843

© Copyright International Psychogeriatric Association 2016. Background: To date, surveys of attitudes toward dementia have largely been conducted using unvalidated materials or have focused on healthcare professionals supporting people affected by de... Read More about A cross-sectional investigation of public attitudes toward dementia in Bristol and South Gloucestershire using the approaches to dementia questionnaire.

Psychotherapy interventions with people affected by dementia: Adapting the living well with Dementia model of group therapy for use within primary care (2016)
Book Chapter
Cheston, R. (2016). Psychotherapy interventions with people affected by dementia: Adapting the living well with Dementia model of group therapy for use within primary care. In C. Chew-Graham, & M. Ray (Eds.), Mental Health and Older People: A Guide for Primary Care Practitioners. London: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29492-6_20

The paradox of dementia: Changes in assimilation after receiving a diagnosis of dementia (2016)
Journal Article
Lishman, E., Cheston, R., & Smithson, J. (2016). The paradox of dementia: Changes in assimilation after receiving a diagnosis of dementia. Dementia, 15(2), 181-203. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301214520781

© 2014, © The Author(s) 2014. This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews to explore how six people talked about their difficulties before and after a dementia diagnosis. Participants’ accounts of their memory problems were analysed in ter... Read More about The paradox of dementia: Changes in assimilation after receiving a diagnosis of dementia.

A feasibility study of translating “Living Well with Dementia” groups into a Primary Care Improving Access to Psychological Therapy service (innovative practice) (2016)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., & Howells, L. (2016). A feasibility study of translating “Living Well with Dementia” groups into a Primary Care Improving Access to Psychological Therapy service (innovative practice). Dementia, 15(2), 273-278. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301215582104

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. This paper describes the use of the “Living Well with Dementia” or LivDem model of group support for people affected by dementia within a Primary Care setting. Five people affected by dementia and their carers joined a 1... Read More about A feasibility study of translating “Living Well with Dementia” groups into a Primary Care Improving Access to Psychological Therapy service (innovative practice).

Dementia as an existential threat: The importance of self-esteem, social connectedness and meaning in life (2015)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., Christopher, G., & Ismail, S. (2015). Dementia as an existential threat: The importance of self-esteem, social connectedness and meaning in life. Science Progress, 98(4), 416-419. https://doi.org/10.3184/003685015X14467423210693

© 2015, Science Reviews 2000 Ltd, All right reserved. Dementia is an umbrella term for a large number of illnesses, all of which involve neurodegenerative changes in the brain. The most common forms of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease and vascular de... Read More about Dementia as an existential threat: The importance of self-esteem, social connectedness and meaning in life.

Markers of assimilation of problematic experiences in dementia within the LivDem project (2015)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., Gatting, L., Marshall, A., Spreadbury, J., & Coleman, P. (2017). Markers of assimilation of problematic experiences in dementia within the LivDem project. Dementia, 16(4), 443-460. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301215602473

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. This study aimed to determine whether the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia scale (MAPED) can be used to identify whether the way in which participants talk about dementia changed during the... Read More about Markers of assimilation of problematic experiences in dementia within the LivDem project.

Mnemic neglect and recall of dementia-related material (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Christopher, G., & Cheston, R. (2015, July). Mnemic neglect and recall of dementia-related material. Paper presented at 44th British Society of Gerontology - 2015, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Primary care-led dementia diagnosis services in South Gloucestershire: Themes from people and families living with dementia and health care professionals (2015)
Journal Article
Dodd, E., Cheston, R., Cullum, S., Jefferies, R., Ismail, S., Gatting, L., …Gray, R. (2016). Primary care-led dementia diagnosis services in South Gloucestershire: Themes from people and families living with dementia and health care professionals. Dementia, 15(6), 1586-1604. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301214566476

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Background: Primary care-led dementia services are an increasingly common form of service delivery; however, little is known about how these services are understood by their main stakeholders: the patients, family member... Read More about Primary care-led dementia diagnosis services in South Gloucestershire: Themes from people and families living with dementia and health care professionals.